Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Best New Product for 2016

Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Best New Product for 2016

Posted by
Rick Nelson
on November 09, 2015

Yep, we won! Glass Bot Bonded Glass Removal Systems to the prize for best of show. Tell your customers.

Nelson Glass Tools, developer and manufacturer of bonded
glass removal systems, today announced that its Glass Bot™ Bonded Glass Removal
System won a New Products Showcase Award from SEMA, the Specialty Equipment
Market Association, at the 2015 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

The Glass Bot™ – Automated Glass Removal Systems, won the
award for 2016 Best New Product in the category of Tools and Equipment. Rick
Nelson, owner, and man of all hats, was present at the Awards Breakfast,
Tuesday, Nov. 3, the first day of the SEMA Show. “I was very surprised. For a
glass removal system to win this award was completely out of my wildest
imagination. I’m still in shock.”

Rick explains, “one of the judges came by my booth,
congratulated me on the award and explained the process on how the Glass Bot
was chosen. It made me even more proud to realize the rarified group my product
is now recognized as a member. I’m very happy and excited to continue to shout
at the mountain and move this industry into the future of auto glass
replacement with a solution that is best for technician, shop owner and vehicle
owner alike.”

The SEMA New Products Showcase recognizes the most
cutting-edge automotive products either on the market or about to hit the
market. This year, nearly 2,000 new products were submitted for
consideration. Criteria that ranked
high on the judges' selection for the New Product Showcase Awards included
superiority of innovation, technical achievement, quality and workmanship,
consumer appeal and marketability.

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show is
held every year in Las Vegas and is the world’s largest automotive trade shows
drawing over 100,000 attendees and thousands of vendors. Over 516 vendors
filled the Tools and Equipment section alone.

The Glass Bot™ is a remotely operated tensioning device that
tensions a cutting element that quickly, safely and efficiently severs the
bonding system, releasing the glass part.